Configuring an IMAP email account in Windows Live Mail
This tutorial assumes you've already launched Windows Live Mail.
To configure an IMAP email account, first click the Accounts tab.
Then click The Email icon.
Enter the email address you want to configure, and its password.
Enter a display name for your sent messages.
Then click here to manually configure your server settings.
Click Next.
Next we have to configure our server settings.
Ensure IMAP is selected as the server type.
Then enter the incoming server address here.
Leave Clear Text selected as the authentication type.
Then enter the full email address as your user name here.
Next, enter the outgoing server address here.
Check here to require authentication.
Then click Next.
That's it! The email account has been added.
This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to configure an IMAP email account in Windows Live Mail.
